Question

Why mendel select garden pea plant for his experiment

Answer 1

Answer:Mendel picked common garden pea plants for the focus of his research because they can be grown easily in large numbers and their reproduction can be manipulated. Pea plants have both male and female reproductive organs. As a result, they can either self-pollinate themselves or cross-pollinate with another plant.

Answer 2

Main reasons of choosing Pea plant [pisum sativum] were:

- Many visible distinguished characters such as height, flower type, seed color, seed coat etc. 

- Easy to obtain pure breed plant through self fertilization.

- Easy cross pollination and fertilization.

- Many progenies could be produced at a time.

- can be grown easily in large numbers.

- Pea plant have short lifespan.